Health Coach (Healthy lifestyle and smoking cessation advisor)

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Motivate and empower patients to make behaviour changes around diet and physical activity as well as smoking cessation.

2. Engage with patients and to provide lifestyle advise and support. This includes delivering basic health checks such as height/weight/BP. A personalised care plan is developed working with the patient, focusing on lifestyle.

3. Provide a sensitive approach so that individuals accessing the service feel that they are in a safe space and facilitators offer a non-judgemental, empathetic and non-threatening environment.

4.The service will include a minimum of three full-length consultations with the Healthy Lifestyle advisor (delivered either as a mixture of face-to-face or remote, depending on patient preference and service practicalities)

5. Plan and organise workload, this will include the management of a caseload of clients.

6. Deliver one to one telephone and face to face support sessions as well as group sessions on healthy lifestyle including stop smoking support sessions, ensuring ease of access for clients from local communities.

7. Provide a high quality, efficient service throughout a diverse range of community settings.

8. Manage conflict effectively either in a group setting or with individual clients.

9. Monitor outcomes of treatment programmes for their effectiveness.

10. The advisor may potentially be required to work with complex health needs in relation to behaviour change.

11. In partnership with the service coordinator and manager develop new service initiatives, based on periodic impact needs assessments.

12. Develop and maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders and partners.

13. Ensure a commitment to own personal development by keeping up to date with research and best practice.

14. Attend team meetings and training as required.

15. To actively participate in promotional events.

16. Carry out any other duties that relate to this post.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of behaviour change models.
• Knowledge of the problems experienced by socially disadvantaged sectors of the community.
• An understanding of the impact of obesity and smoking on health.
• Knowledge of dietary approaches represented by the Eatwell Guide.
• Knowledge of up to date and relevant recommendations on physical activity levels and reducing sedentary behaviour.
• Working knowledge of the issues related to information governance and the need for confidentiality and how to maintain it.
• Working knowledge regarding safeguarding processes and policies.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organisation skills.
• The ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• The commitment to provide an efficient and effective service.
• Knowledge of Microsoft and Competent IT skills.

Desirable

• Knowledge of stop smoking and tobacco control policies

Qualifications

Essential

• A level or equivalent qualification
• Qualified in health coaching or equivalent
• Knowledge of healthy lifestyle behaviour change as a specialist field acquired through relevant experience or further education background

Desirable

• Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
• Completed Care Certificate
• Certified NCSCT Practitioner
• Qualified in nutrition

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in an environment that promotes behaviour change
• Experience of working with clients from a variety of social and cultural background
• Enthusiastic and self- motivated

Desirable

• The ability to adopt a flexible working pattern
• Experience of working in GP Practice
• Experience with Emis Web

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Medicus Health Partners

Address

Carlton House Surgery

28 Tenniswood Road

Enfield

Middlesex

EN13LL

Employer's website

https://www.medicushealthpartners.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)